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A. A. SMITH DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000949 · 1 · BELL CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:47 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Which of its rights are out of priority?
Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1886-08-20 — 147th most senior of the 4661 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..
Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: KENNICOTT & MOWER D (1886-08-20). Immediately behind: PERKINS DITCH (1886-09-03).
Decreed rights (3)
| Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. | AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. | AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. | AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. | ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13381.0 | 1886-08-20 | 1889-06-17 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 31924.14413 | 1889-06-17 | 1954-03-20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | J34 |
| 32631.0 | 1939-05-05 | 1954-03-20 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | J237 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 92 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 89 AF — 97% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.) | Compared with its own record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 188 | 13th lowest of 15 · 204% of median | 114 | 2.5 |
| 2009 | 191 | 14th lowest of 15 · 208% of median | 72 | 3.0 |
| 2010 | 38 | 5th lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 43 | 0.8 |
| 2011 | 147 | 12th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 92 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 16 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 17 | 0.5 |
| 2013 | 93 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 66 | 0.8 |
| 2014 | 98 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 73 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 7 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 106 | 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 67 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 55 | 6th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 38 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 9% of median | 86 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 92 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 79 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4th lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 25 | 0.8 |
| 2023 | 258 | 15th lowest of 15 · 280% of median | 87 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 89 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 80 | 0.8 |
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